G RANDM OTHER’S ROOTS AND HERBS THE USUAL IGNORANCE ¡informed it would know that some years ago a president named Cleveland started precise­ ly this investigation o f the clam­ or o f such ignorant editors, and spent more than $2,000,000 in thoroughly investigating the pension roll man by man, woman by woman, in every part o f the country. The result was a hu­ miliating failure for Mr. Cleve­ land and a triumphant vindica­ tion o f the integrity o f the pen­ sion roll He found incompar­ ably less dishonesty than could have been found in any other department o f the government’s expenditures. — National Tri­ bune. . Roots and herbs, barks and seeds, tiowers and leaves, the old-time home remedy. Ingredients in bulk and packages, fresh new goods. The Lowell (Mass) Citizen has Your home receipts care­ the customary spasm over the fully and promptly filled. pension bill, with the usual ig­ norance of the history of pen­ Forest Grove Pharmacy sions. This is the way that it Prescription Specialists Free Delivery deludes its readers: “ The wonder is that an - exas­ Telephone 901. perated public doesn’ t rise in wrath and have the whole nause­ ating scandal o f the pension sys- 1 tern officially investigated to the bottom, instead o f leaving it to COURT MATTERS. occasional guerrilla critics and muck-raking magazines. It is CIRCUIT COURT perfectly well known that the RADC MARKS First National Bank vs. Leav- pension roll could be cut nearly D e s ig n s C o p y r i g h t s A c . I in half without having any effect ey; demurrer argued; overruled; Anyone «ending a sketch and description mny quickly ascertain our opinion free whether un invention is probably j patentable. Communion- on the worthy veterans and their defendant given 20 days to an­ lions strictly confidenti ■'deutli W . HANDBOOK ou Patents sent free. ---------- Oldest agency ai ----------- __________ _______ cy f c for securliif ng , patent«. qualified dependents, save that j swer. Patents taken through Munii A Co. recuire »prciiil notice, without c harge, iu the Quigley vs. Voegelin; guardian o f making it easier to pav them more, even a dollar a day, which ad litem appointed; decree. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest cir­ Kramer vs. Fearing; tried; so many of them really do hon­ culation o f any sdentltic Journal. Terms, fit a rear: four mouths. fL Sold by all iiewedealors. judgment for plaintiff. estly deserve.” & Brauch onice. 026 V 8 t„ Washington. D. C. Were the Citizen at all well i Andros vs. Andros; default order; School District No. 107 vs. Shavv-Fear C o.; dismissed. Furbeck vs. Neppach; order substituting Mary Alice Witten­ M AIN STREET, N E A R PA CIFIC A V E N U E , FOREST GROVE, OREGON berg, executrix, in place o f H. Meal* at all Hours. The B est o f Everything Wittenberg. Served Right Fuqua vs. Richards; decree. W m . Ruffner, Proprietor Muessig vs. Kennedy; decree. Tiffany vs. Tualatin Mill Co.; dismissed. P atents Scientific American. JVIUNN Co.3e,Bro*d"»>' New York CITY CAFE s u it s YOU DON’T H AVE TO PAY HIGH PRICES You don’ t have to pay high prices for high quality. W e always sell the purest and best drugrs at reas­ onable prices. We depend for our custom on moderate prices and high quality, because our cu s­ tomer goes away satisfied. PACIFIC DRUG COM PANY (Successor to Dr. Hines) FR A N K MERESSE, M.nager f il e d : Bessie E. Lursen vs. Henry L. i t: Lursen; suit for divorce. August Levegren vs. all whom it may [concern; registration of title. Anna Groeger vs. Rudolph Groeger; suit for divorce. Johanna Wood vs. Edward Wood; suit for divorce. W. O. Galaway and R. R. Kin- ton, partners as Banks Mercan­ tile Co., vs. U. G. Shipley; ac­ tion for money. T PUBLIC EDITORIALS | ORENCO TREES ARE REALLY CHEAP This column o f "public editorials’ 1 is intended for the use o f the public in discutainjf questions o f public importance. The Press will e\|»ect free use to be made o f this column. Lengthy letters should be avoided. Some trees appear cheap, but are really expensive. Other trees appear expensive, but are ready cheap. You cannot buy high-grade, productive land for the same price as poor land sells for. You cannot buy Oak lumber for the same price as Fir lumber. What is the width of the Pan­ ama Canal? C. H. The distance across the isin- mus from Colon to Panama is about 35 miles in a straight line. W e grow our own trees in our 1200-acre nursery. Our The highest point o f the divide, land was selected specifically for nursery purposes. It pro­ Culebra Hill, was originally 330 duces the very choicest type o f trees possible to obtain any­ feet but this has been cut to 160 \ where, with stalwart tops, strong fibrous roots; in short, feet. Beginning on the Atlantic strictly first-class, sound, healthy, fully matured trees. shore line, the canal has a width There are none better grown, and they are Really Cheap; of five hundred feet for three because they are such as will “ Make Good.” miles to Gatun. At Gatun a du­ If you need any N. Y. Pippin, Spitzenberg, Winesap, plicate flight of three locks, hav­ Rome Beauty, McIntosh Red, Jonathan or any other com­ ing a lift of 28b feet each, will mercial or home variety, just drop us a line stating your re­ lift vessels up to the highest sur­ quirements. face o f the canal, a lake 80 feet We also have some of the best peach trees in Early above the sea, having an area of Crawford, Flberta, Foster, Fitzgerald, Gillingham and other 118 square miles, and of varying good varieties we have eyer grown. width and depth. This lake is to be formed by a dam which will hold back the flood waters o f the Chagres river. From the Don’ t Delay Ordering Too Long. Why Not Now? Gatun locks the steamer channel Address, will be through this lake for OREGON NURSERY COMPANY, about 23 miles. For some 16 miles the vessel channel will j STEADY, UPRIGHT SALESMEN WANTED Orenco, Oregon have a width of 1000 feet, though ■ i m * i — ■ i n ■■ ■— — — — — — — — — — it is in places much wider than that. From San Pablo to Juan Grande it will be narrowed to 800 feet; then to 500 feet to Bas Obispo; then to 300 feet to Las Cascadas; and finally to 200 feet to Paraiso. The latter stretch : carries it through the Culebra cut. From Paraiso to San Miguel j it has a width of 300 feet and • ! here a lock with a lift of 30 fe e t ' forms the connection with Sosa Lake, 55 feet above the sea. Here again vessels will find a channel of varying width for 5 miles to Sosa Hill, where two I locks, each o f 27^ feet lift, willl W . O. W A G N E R & SONS carry vessels to or from the sea! have a fine line of new Buggies. | level o f the Panama Bay section A complete line of Spalding Bros. of the canal. It is Quality in Trees that Counts. I I I If you want Peach Trees, you can’t get better. m i Good News for Everyone BASE B A L L G O O D S. Is there any law preventing stock from running at large in Washington county? What PETITIONS FILED: Guardianship estate of Corden would be the procedure to en- I force the law if we have such? Goodman, a minor. B., Gales Creek. Petition in estate of J. E. Ad­ kins, deceased, filed Feb, 27, Can an elector register b efore, 1912. Last will and testament of a notary public without having I Mary J. Shaw; will admitted to witnesses present? It., Banks. probate. Final account in estate of The law requires two witness- ■ Martin Bisbee filed. es to be present at the time of PETIONS FOR NOMINATION making registration — Section , Petition of J. E. Zimmerman, of 3455, Oregon Code. Washington precinct, for nomi­ nation to the office of represen­ Does anyone make or carry i tative, filed Feb. 20. mission furniture in the Grove? Petition o f M. J. Haynes, of If not, where can it be had? West Cedar precinct, for nomi­ Maggie. nation to the office of constable We are not informed at this of said district filed Feb. 27th. time. All kinds of Garden Tools and Farm Machinery. PROBATE COURT W . O . WAGNER & SONS Right Prices and a Square Deal to Everyone. .......... _ _ _ MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED the S Q U A R E D E A L R E A L T Y CO. SELLS ON COMMISSION o f Forest Grove; capital stock, $25,000. Anything, everything, personal or real. List your needs as well as what you have to sell. Bring in to the building harness, tools, furniture, etc. We will sell it for you. We have an employment agency department, also harness and shoe repair in the building. Between the barns on Pacific Avenue COMMISSIONERS’ COURT phone 741 FOREST GROVE, OREGON Motion Photo Exhibitions Service— 7:45 to 9:00 Throe Show* every Saturday, 7:30, 8:40, 9:50 Matinee —2:30 p. m. Saturday Daily Change with Best Films Procurable CLEAN AND UP-TO-DATE SHO W S Can a voter sign more than License to marry was issued to E. A Cawston, o f Multnomah one petition for the filing of county, and Miss Rose U. Bart­ candidate for the same office? lett, o f Washington county, on A voter may sign as many p e -, February 24, 1912. titions for candidacy for the i Articles of incorporation were same office as are presented to filed February 24, 1912, of the him. King & Caples Mercantile Co., R. A. Caples, o f Aloha, was appointed justice o f the peace, and M. J. Powers, constable, for Wheeler justice of the peace and constable district. George Galbreath was appointed justice of the peace for East Cedar precinct, in place of Charles Geiberger, who had pre­ viously resigned. Don’ t neglect the children’s musical education. It is a sin for parents to neglect this part of a child’ s education. Have you a piano in your home to start the little ones out on, who, if they had half a chance, would turn the gloom into sunshine for you and others? I sell good reliable pianos and sell them on terms to suit you whether for cash, or the smallest payment you can afford. ~ G eo . G. P aterson , Forest Grove. CITY NEWS NOTES At the Christian church next Sunday, Rev. W. A. Wood, pas­ tor o f the church at Monmouth, will speak both morning and evening. Rev. Wood, who is minister o f the church in the normal school town, has a good record and is a splendid speaker. Hear him next Sunday. Don’ t forget that the Bible school lie- gins promptly at 9:45. Every­ one come, and be on time and bring your Bible. L A N G ’S M IN E R A L WONDER Is a positive cure for RHEUMATISM, CATARRH, PILES, SORES, DROPSY, STOMACH TROUBLE, FEMALE TROUBLES and SKIN OLD DIS­ EASES. Also many are using MINERAL WONDER w it h remarkable success for cancers. Rev. C. H. Hilton, pastor of the Christian church at this place, and Mr. O. F. Darby as singing evangelist, will leave on Monday to begin a meeting at Monmouth. Ore. Room 301 Goodnough Bldg., Corner Fifth and Yam­ hill. PORTLAND, OREGON Will Dinsmore o f Portland, who was at one time in the gro­ cery business in this city, was in town over Sunday. He tells ua that he is building at Garibaldi, where he will open a grocery. PRICES $1 per bottle or package, postage paid; $5 for six bottles or packages, postage paid